swop: A unique platform for processing and packaging Industry

The leading processing and packaging trade fair targeting not only China but the whole Asian region

Shanghai World of Packaging (swop) will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center on November 7-10, 2017. Currently, the number of companies confirmed to exhibit swop 2017 rose by 50% compared to the last show. MULTIVAC, HP, RPC, AOKI, HOARUF along with plenty of leading packaging related enterprises from overseas and domestic will present their latest machineries, technology and services during swop 2017.

Covering the entire processing and packaging industry value chain

After joining interpack alliance in 2017, swop has benefited from sharing the global network and industrial resources of the world’s leading processing & packaging trade fair. swop addresses the target groups of food, beverages, confectionery, baked goods, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, non-food consumer goods and industrial products in key emerging markets. Regardless of whether you are a manufacturer of processing and packaging machinery equipment or a supplier of packaging materials and products, swop 2017 will not only provide you with an immediate “supply and demand” platform for the packaging market, but it will also give you insights into future packaging trends.

SAVE FOOD

The SAVE FOOD initiative from the partners Messe Düsseldorf, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), aims to reduce global food waste and losses.The problems of food waste, extending the shelf life of food and preventing spoilage and damage during transportation will also be addressed.

Upgraded “FMCG Future Zone”

The first swop built a successful area for “Packaging Materials and Products” in cooperation with “Packaging Family”, a non-profit organization and community for packaging with more than 400 members. Compared with the “Packaging Materials & Products Zone” of last swop, this year’s “FMCG Future Zone” will be three times as large with a more distinctive theme. It is expected to attract more than 600 well-known manufacturers of various packaging materials.

The organizers will also introduce ‘innovationparc’, a unique area for the future development of innovative packaging.

New show ‘components for processing and packaging’

‘components’ debuted as an exhibition parallel to interpack in 2014, and will now be introduced to swop 2017. It is also directed at manufacturers of machine parts, components, accessories and peripheral equipment and of components and auxiliaries for packaging means.

China – A dynamic growth market for packaging and related processes

More than 30,000 visitors of the packaging, purchasing, engineering and other decision-making departments from end-user industries are expected to visit.

For more information on swop, please visit the official website www.swop-online.com